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Star Wars Next Trilogy (Ideas)
February 14, 2020 May 11, 2020 ~ wildcompassion	~ 13 Comments
I have emerged from my basement. I bringith forth treatments for the next few star wars movies set to come out in 2022.
Disney has agreed to purchase my treatments, but says they are under no obligation to use them or any of my ideas. however there is an implication that we are 'friends' and that by purchasing them that well you know we are "on good terms", like "we cool" so they probably will use them, but later when they don't I will feel betrayed.
Episode 10 — Star Waz — The Dorks Awaken
Also known as — the Last Skywalker Awakens (working title)
also known as — the Last Gungan, Jar Jar Awakens
(JJ and I are talking about making the logo rainbow and to have a gay pride them with the whole movie.)
— filler episode —
I will buy time as much as possible. This episode is a "Story for another time" as (Maz Kanata would say.) I've spoken to JJ and he admits we are a bit low on ideas but he thinks we can slide by on this one and play it safe rehashing some old themes. There will be puppets.
Lots of important action needs to happen. The next director can figure out the story details later in the next movie. That is for Ryan Jonson to do, the fans will like whatever he comes up with.
Episode 11 — The Rise of Jar Jar Binks
(Jar Jar, Rule of Two)
(Co directed by Zwackery Zweevel (my discrete pen name) and Ryan Johson)
At the start of the movie Snoke returns. He had many clone bodies, he was embarrassed about being palpatine's puppet, that is why he was created (as was obvious all along if you were really paying attention) but over time he grew his own consciousness and personality that was apart from palpatine's control.
Our heroes and other villain characters have gathered for a big showdown with Snoke.
"It was I who allowed Palpatine to be resurrected. It was I who …." idk. Snoke
"I see all endings and possibilities!" Snokes voice booms. "I see the very thoughts in your mind! I cannot be betrayed!!" he is pretty epic.
Snoke address everyone in the room. People are afraid.
Snoke hears the thoughts of people in the room. They are wondering about his true identity. Many excited onlookers wonder who Snoke is. …Is he Mace Windo?? That seems most likely….
It is very annoying, Snoke is telepathic and hears all the thoughts.. It is annoying.
"I'm just Snoke!!" He booms.
"Not yet." Mace Windu arrives.
"A jedi can survive a fall from a great hight." He says. He is horribly disfigured from his electrocution and fall and severed hand during revenge of the Sith. Windu's face is covered in electrocution burns. (Lucus decided it was ok that Windu 'may have survived' so wala!) He draws his purple lightsabor.
Snoke hits him with a massive surge of force lighting … he goes flying out the window / windu, and meets the same fate.
Many people are shocked. Shocked because this debunks the Windu is Snoke theory many were sure about. But none are as Shocked as Windu!! (eletra shocked)
"Maybe he is Darth Plaguies!!" Someone shouts. "… Maybe he is King Joffrey" Another cries. Everyone is trying to guess at the true identity of Snoke.
"That's it!! I'm just friggin Snoke!!!"
Then Jar Jar appears and stabs him.
Ohhh that hurts. Snoke is killed immediately.
Jar Jar takes the throne.
"Mesa been waiting a long time for this."
Rey Skywalker Palpatine confronts Jar Jar.
"Mesa smiling to see you!" Jar Jar says.
"I killed Sidious!" Rey shouts.
Jar Jar smirks. "Mesa CREATED Sidious!!" The big reveal we have all waited for. Expectations fully subverted.
"So it was him all along… pulling the strings… it was Jar Jar" Rey Skywalker Palpatine says. The truth is finally understood. Leia and Kathleen Kennedy both understood the truth that all along Sidious had been pulling the strings, but now Rey understood the truth truth that all all along Jar Jar had been behind Sidious as well!
Jar Jar reveals that his true source of power is the "Toxic Fandom"
"Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hatred of the Prequels. Leads to the dark side!" Jar Jar hisses.
When all the fans hate Jar Jar, Jar Jar — feeds — on their hate, growing stronger with the dark side. Aka the 'Dork Side'.
(This may end up being a very 'controversial' movie. A truly brilliant masterwork that 'subverts expectations' to the fullest.)
Rey is afraid. Jar Jar is way too powerful!!
That is when Luke Skywalker's force ghost appears to help Rey.
Rey tosses him a lightsaber.
Luke grabs it.
then he tosses it over his shoulder.
"Nahh!" is all he says.
….I think Luke has had enough with this whole thing. Then he just fades out.
Luke was kinda depressed because his favorite TV show "Holiday Special" (it centers around Wookies and Jawas I think) was canceled. So he had a crisis of faith, became a hermit. "It is time for the Jedi to end. I came her to die." he says later in the movie. I suppose he is a ghost now anyway though…
Flashback to 10 years ago………
It turns out George Lucas wrote treatments for episodes 10 to 12 and they were actually quite detailed. True brilliant masterworks. Undiscovered, unnoticed.
Lucas was mad Disney rejected them. He put them in a clear plastic box and cast them into the river.
Things that should not have been forgotten were lost. Years later the most unlikely creature found them at the bottom of the river while he was diving… a Snoke.
Snoke opened the treatments… he read Lucas's masterworks and saw they were truly brilliant, it brought Snoke to tears.
For years Snoke stayed in his cave pouring over Lucas glorious star wars treatments, they painted a picture of an alternate timeline where everything was just much more interesting, even though Snoke himself wasn't even in this story, he loved them anyway. "My precious" he said.
That was when hard core lucas fans appeared and attacked Snoke and took the treatments.
This was the event that broke Snoke and turned him to the dark side.
"They took MY PRECIOUS!!!!!"
Now years later Jar Jar is a shadow over the galaxy. Rey follows the clues, the trail of Lucas's inigmatic lost Star Wars 'Sequel Sequel' treatments. Finally she finds them.
…The story must continue, and Lucas is all they have left now. Disney failed, and Darth Jar Jar just became even more powerful.
A group of hard core fans have Lucas's treatments.
Rey has to convince them to hand them over.
"the cannon timeline is ruined" the fans insist "the EU is all we have left now"
Rey tries to convince them there is still hope for the canon timeline, and that Georges treatments could save them all. But they will have to give her the treatments.
They insist they cannot, the treatments are too precious. "My precious" they say. They can risk giving them to anyone, they are kept in a vault.
"You must believe!" Rey says. "Dreams are built on hope."
"We can't. We just aren't… that invested in your character. We don't know your weaknesses, we don't care about your backstory, what is your personality?" The toxic fandom fans say..
"This is my weakness." Ray says "I don't give a shit."
Rey channels her full power to push the dorks aside and break in to the vault. The power of her long lost first ancestor she has been reincarnated from, Mary Rey Sue, the first Jedi, the first avatar, the last air bender….AND her immense power from her Palpatine bloodline. She breaks in and gets the treatments and force pushes all the nerds away. Truly insidious.
She takes the treatments to Jar Jar.
Jar Jar is full of rage, but when he reads over lucas's treatments he burst into tears…
"That is all mesa wanted!!!" it turns out he isn't even in the sequel sequel treatments (or the sequel treatments) but it doesn't matter. Because george's script is glorious.
That is when George Lucas appears,
…..his midichlorians… are amazing,
you can just see it in his hair.
"Disney may have went too far in a few places." Lucas grins.
Lucas will save this falling trilogy with a last minute script amendment.
"What a twist!" JJ Abrams remarks, full of excitement and he watches from the sidelines. "This part was even better in the episode 11 novelization!"
Jar Jar looks at the ground…. Mesa so filled with hate… but finally everything he wanted had come true…. He never actually thought this would come to pass.
"The truth is…. Mesa too filled with rage. Mesa never expected mesa dream to happen. Mesa can't let go of the dark side!!!" Jar Jar continues attacking people. The hatred has gone on too long. Even this act of kindness can't reverse all the hate that has happened. He is of the dark side now. Jar Jar is unhindged. He begins letting out goofy Jar Jar noises and shooting people dead at random with force lightning.
Lucas gaters teh force around him. He is powerful. "Jar Jar…. you were the key to all this!! You were supposed to be a funnier character than we've ever had….. Not leave star wars in darkness!!!!"
Then another person… a secret Jedi…. Steps out to protect jar jar.
It is Kathleen Kennedy.
She ignites a blue light saber. It is luke's original light saber. Only it isn't. She just thinks it is because she wasn't really paying attention. That is not that essential though anyway. That's a story for another time.
Lucas "Kathleen… you were my friend." Lucas speaks in that funny mubely way he does sometimes, which makes the moment a bit humorous when everything else about it is serious. "You were supposed to be my woman on the inside. You were supposed to filter my ideas into Disney. Not join them!! You were there specifically to keep my ideas in the game. Not leave them in darkness!!!"
"Um…." Kathleen says… she forgot her lies. She looks at JJ Abrams who stands off to the side.
"Don't look at me!" He laughs nervously.
"The force is female!!!!" Kathleen cries.
Kathleen and Lucas spar. It is intense and epic. Way more epic than anything we have seen thus far. Lucas has the unparalleled power of a glorious lone wolf director. Kathleen has the financial backing of the Disney corporation behind her. They were once friends… not bitter rivals. It is not a fun battle.
Lucas uses the force. Kathleen uses the force. Kathleen brings down a heavy metal beam to crush Lucas, Lucas grabs it with the force and pushes it aside. Kathleen looks pissed and a bit afraid or surprised.
The rivalry between Kathleen and Lucas is more bitter than between Lucas and Disney, because Kathleen was supposed to be Lucas's friend, the betrayal is stronger. Lucas sold star wars to white slavers… but she was supposed to be his person on the inside. It turned out that both she and Bob Igar had been working for the Sith.
Lucas throws Kathleen Kennedy out the window. She is floating in space.
"It is done." Lucas says "Kill the past. Let it die if you have to." he ignites an extremely cumbersome additional two mini saber blades on the hilt of his saber (like Kylo Ren). "Owoch!!" it burns his hand and he drops it. "Damn this is impractical. Who would design a saber like this!!" It is frustrating, the star wars universe is not the way he left it.
The camera pans over to JJ Abrams.
Abrams avoids eye contact. "Real sets! Real puppets!!" He says.
Kathleen is floating in space. We zoom in on her freezing body. Kathleen unlocks the 'Marry Poppins' force ability and flies back in. She is a level 62 force user.
They are fighting again.
"What do the sequels have. No new words, new stores, new technologies… nothing. Just copies of the originals. They are safe movies. Not good movies." Lucas says.
"WE didn't know what to do!! We created a movie FOR THE FANS!!" Katleen says "What do you expect of me George!" She is a wreck. She knows she is getting let go.
"They wanted strong females. Strong females! This isn't like harry potter!! We had no SOURCE MATERIAL! There are no comics. There are no star wars books!!"
"You have the expanded universe!!" Lucas says. "Hundreds of expanded universe novels."
"I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS" Kathleen cries. "I don't speak dork!!!!"
"We will see what the senate has to say about that!!" George says to Kathleen.
"I am the Senate!!!" Kathleen hisses.
"Not yet!!" Mace window says again. He is climbing back in through the window. (windu). He is even more disfigured then he was before. "A jedi can survive a fall from a great height." He says again. Drawing his purple saber.
Kathleen hisses and hits mace with an intense blast of force lighting.
"UNLIMITED POWER" She shouts.
This time mace Windu uses 'vapad' his 'force anger' technique to absorb some of the lightning. Mace Windu has almost zero plot armor protecting him. He probably will die according to the direction of the script…… Mace has a 99.66% chance of going out that window again. … yet there is something cold and steely and epic about his gaze… it is chilling… his badass stare might just win the day.
Jar Jar attacks Windu from the other side. Windu whirls around. It is an epic dual.
Kathleen hits Windu with force lightning again. This time he is too preoccupied with Jar Jar. The lighting lifts him up into the air and sweeps him out the window (windu) again. He falls to his hypothetically implied death.
(He might survive though. A jedi can survive a fall from a great height.)
Katleen has occupied Lucas, Jar Jar is dangerous and free to kill….
Anikins force ghost appears to fight Jar Jar while Lucas fights Kathleen. Ankin the chosen one gets his redemption moment. George is writing the script now so we are allowed to have good scenes.
Jar Jar is taking damage now. He is at half power. He is down to only one Jar.
"Goodbye old friend." Anakin says to Jar Jar. He is conflicted about this, Jar Jar is an old friend. It is bittersweet.
"Mesa smilin too–" jar Jar starts to say through tears…
Then Anakin chops off Jar Jars head in a vicious brutal manner.
"I killed them. I killed them all. They are like animals. So I slaughtered them like animals!" Anakin says.
"Take a seat young Skywalker" Mace Windus force ghost says.
Anakins ghost fades away.
"It's over Kathleen. I have the high ground." Lucas says.
"You underestimate women's empowerment." Kathleen hisses.
Kathleen spirals through the air in a Sith like motion.
Lucas cuts off all her limbs in a single motion.
"I Hate you!!!!!" Kathleen hisses.
"We may have gone too far in a few places." Lucas says with some remorse as Kathleen catches fire, it is brutal.
"Well guys" Lucas addresses all the actors and writers and effects artists in the room. (dead Snoke and dead Jar Jar are still there too.) "Lets get cracking." His use of langue is comically anticlimactic considering we are about to get a new Lucas made script for EPISODE 12.
"Not yet!" Bob Iger from Disney steps in.
"What is it Bob?" George says.
"You've had your chance. the fans weren't happy whit the Prequels. JJ is still here. Disney wants to stick with him on the next trilogy… and maybe the Wiess brothers."
JJ laughs nervously in the background.
"Not this old hubbub rubbish again." George sighs. "JJ had his shot too."
"A fair point. How about this. You have to write the epised with JJ's help. But if you and JJ fight to the death, and you win, then you can write it without his supervision.
JJ laughs nervously again.
"Alrighty!!" Lucas says. He ignites his green saber.
JJ ignites a blue saber. then he drops it.
"Actually i don't know how to use this." He laughs.
Then an army of Snoke clones burst out of the back room.
"They are a hive mind." JJ grins. "They all work for me!!!!"
Lucas has to fight all the Snoke clones at once.
"I'm getting ideas all ready!!" JJ says. "Lets call this star wars Episode 12, Attack of the Clones!!"
"Damn it JJ, that's Episode II!" Lucas says.
"Attack of the Snoke Clones!!" JJ Says.
"This isn't a Snoke!! Stop Snoking around" Lucas says.
"Be careful not to Snoke on your aspirations!" JJ says. Capturing Lucas in a force choke temporarily. JJ looks sadistic as he chokes Lucas. Lucas summons even more medichlorians and breaks free. His power is so immense. His hair is so amazing.
The Snoke clones all uses force lighting on Lucas. It is an electrical nightmare. Windu would not be pleased. But Lucas has an amazing Yoda like ability, he uses a green force energy to absorb all the lightning.
Lucas defeats all the clones.
JJ laughs again, then in a loud rattling blast of chaotic noise and dark energy JJ transforms into the smoke monster from lost and flies away in a creepy snake like motion, slithering out the window (windu).
A polar bear watches in the distance. As if he is contemplating weather to come forward.
"Hello there" Lucas says.. "You there, you have something to say don't you?"
The polar bear, cautiously comes forward…
"I know what is going on here." He says. "It will all make sense in season 6. But you have to watch the next six seasons." then he fades away.
Lucas feels really confused… and mostly lost. JJ is a master of suspense.
the polar bear fades back in for a moment. "By the way, i have a new gig on his Dark Materials. Great show. I highly recommend it." then he fades away again.
"Well guys…." "it's time to…" Lucas pauses… looking over his shoulder… he is starting to feel paranoid that someone else will interrupt him again… "lets get cracking!" There. He said it. No one interrupted.
"Not … ….. YET!"
Someone enters the room. (we are still in Snokes throne room… but it is also like a movie set kind of)
A big shadowy figure…
The figure… is a very large man… obese even … on an electric wheelchair.
It is Plinkett. The angry star wars Prequel critic.
…Behind him is an army of angry star wars fans… Lucas and Anakin defeated Jar Jar… and JJ.. but they were only manifestations … of the true crisis …… now Lucas will have to face the toxic fandom itself. the fandom menace…
"No one hates star wars more then star wars fans." Yoda once said.
All of them, the fans, are protected by heavy layers of plot armor. The truth is… this is what George had been most afraid of . Plinkett totally destroyed and roasted his Star Wars Prequels in the Plinkett Critiques. George was hoping Plinkett would not show up here on this day. He was hoping that maybe the arthritis had gotten to him by now. But now… he's still alive and kicking.
"What is a Pilnkeet?" A spectator in the background asks. Not everyone knows who Plinkett is, ti's very confusing.
"A Plinkett is a tool you use to dismantle star wars movies." anther replies.
"You destroyed our childhoods…!! Don't think we can forgive you yet!" Plinkett says. "you ravaged our dreams. Now we will destroy you!"
He fires a rocket from a missile launcher that is part of the arm of his bulky black wheelchair.
Using a technique taught to him by Kylo Ren… George Lucas uses the force to stop the rocket mid flight. He crushes it… rendering it inert.
Now Plankett is getting serious. For the first time ever…. Plinkett stands up… getting up off his wheelchair.. His legs are feebly and vaniey.. with arthritis… they almost don't support his immense weight. He falls to one knee.. Several of his angry fan supporters help him back up to his feet.
Blankett firers a massive blast of force lighting at Lucas. there is so much hate in him.. and the fan around him …. the toxic fan base… make it ever stronger.. they are all wearing gray Sith robes and chanting.
"The Prequels are not bad movies!!" George Lucas says.
"Nooooooooooo!!!!" Plinkeet screams. "I have not lived all this time through liver failure just to see another rendition of the Star Wars Prequels!!"
"The trade federation crisis on Naboo was a cool idea!" Lucas says.
Plinkeet can't listen to this. he shrieks and covers his ears temporary stopping the force lighting. just hearing this like like having sand in his ears. it is course rough and irritating. just having someone say the Prequels are "good movies" is a cruse.. it spreads.. it gets everywhere. …..It is important to gather critical thinking fans together, to make sure that blasphemous talk like that is shut down.
"I was raised on star wars" PlinkeeEet fires back "Lucas.. are like my FATHER!!"
"Nooooooooo!!!" Lucas shouts. "Nooooooo!!!!" He shouts again.. This is the last thing he want to hear. He is just desperate for the chilling agony of this realization of him having any familial relation to Plinkett to stop.
PlinkeeEeeEet continues firing this river of force lighting at Lucas who is struggling to block it. There is so much hate… this is way stronger then the lighting from Kathleen or Snoke.
Lucas might be strong enough to be this… but the truth is .. his hope is fragile… part of him wonders if Plantlike is right… maybe I really did ravage their childhoods? It plays on his self doubt. A fear he has always had… Lucas is backing down… he is being defeated.
Suddenly the force ghost of every Jedi significant to the plot appear around Lucas to help him. Ashoka, Anakin, Kit Fisto, Ki-Adi-Mundi, Obi Wan, Jabba the Huts tail Rat, Dexter Jetster, Watto… Also the ghost of Goku appears right next to Lucas, just behind him (like from the end of the kid Gohan vs Cell scene)
Plunkeete is really angry now. He keeps firing back more lighting… but Lucas is slowly walking forward.
"I am ALL the Sith!!!" The fat in his cheeks trembles with rage.
Plinkett is struggling…. over the years he has needed increasing amounts of Ada-van to numb the pain of his drinking and obesity. His cartoonification falls off. This is his true face behind the Sith mask.
….Earlier JJ dropped a blue light saber.
Lucas uses the force to draw it all the way from across the room. Now he holds 2 sabers. one green, one blue.
"And I am all the Jedi" Lucas says. with the exact speed and movement choreography as Rey in the Rise of Palpatine.. I mean Skywalker.
it is such a cool line. it makes the seen so unique and unpredictable… It's like poetry, it rhymes. Plinkett is blown up. Bam. he just bursts.
all the fans amscray.
Lucas falls to the floor… he is tired… so tired. That last battle was harder then the others… it took all the life out of him.
Kylo Ren climbs in through the windu (The mace window. the window has been named after mace now. in honor of his death. This movie will also have a long funeral seen to honor the death of Mace Window following this battle (if the battle does in fact have an end, we are still writing the script. Each movie of the new trilogy will be primarily dedicated to the death of a Jedi from the previous much older trilogies.).).. Kylo looks beat up … he must have fallen out earlier… he is dying, his value to the plot is dying I mean…. but he gives the last of his life force, his story significance… to save Lucas who is at risk of developing heart trouble after all this excitement. Kylo Ren gives his life force to Lucas.. kisses him unexpectedly without even a single date or romantic conversation… and then fades away.
Before proceeding with the main plot.. all the characters… friends .. aliens.. side characters.. protagonist. this new trilogy has 3 lead protagonist. the new Rey Fin and Poe.. but we haven't even met them yet... (they will be played by Chloe Felicity and Dafne) we had too much unresolved 'emotional baggage' and nostalgia value to take care of from the previous films.. the plot stops … we take a 5 minute break to morn the loss of Mace Windu at his funeral. everyone cries. A lead protagonist was so distracted by Mace's death that he stops fighting and gets his head chopped off.. this was back an hour ago during the Snoke Clone wars. The funeral scene is longer in the extended version of the film.. we only get five minutes of it here.
Now Lucas has a world full of people who want to help him make the next episodes.
He hires a writer. The writer writes 50 pages based of Lucas's ideas.
The writer has some depression… just a spell of writers block. He says "I can't get the story to flow, it isn't flowing."
Lucas says. "Ok"
They give up.
(To be fair Lucas is a bit disheartened after all this time… I don't know… maybe it had something to do with the "you r888888 our childhood" comment).
Rise of Skywalker; Addressing Fan Hate; (and bonus Darth Jar Jar thesis)
February 9, 2020 March 11, 2020 ~ wildcompassion	~ Leave a comment
My thoughts on the new star wars.
Sometimes I feel frustrated with the fan base of how much they hate anything. I feel happy to see star wars finally back after it's fifteen year absence. There's a lot I enjoy about the new movies, and many of the problems they do have are classic Hollywood storytelling limitations, like focusing on action instead of plot. Or using suspense to hide a lack of plot.
(You can really feel jar jar's power in this shot. Props to JJ Abrams. Jar Jar is a real role model to adults and teens everywhere, Binks is a guy who can keep things lighthearted, but also channel immense dark side rage. Jar Jar is an Icon for edgy teens carrying the heavy responsibilities of millennial ambitions like getting better at mine craft and fortnight. Lonely fans identify with the way Jar Jar is hated on the internet, and being outcast by his own kind. And when Jar Jar reveals his true Sith self in Star Wars Episode 11, it inspires other outcast star wars fans to channel their own inner rage for political gain.)
The force awakens was like a copy cat movie, stalling to buy time. it didn't do that many interesting things, maybe at the very beginning, like when kylo stopped that laser. Kylos force anger is comically exaggerated and actually makes him look childish and non threatening. The most terrifying thing about Kylo Ren is his absence of back story. The total absence of any reason to relate to him or justify his motivates, and it's scary potential to derail the entire excitement of the story. Kylo Ren turns bad because "Snoke"? Do they realize how not interesting that is. People think good story is about powerful wizards and great battles…. but really it is about character. Game of Thrones… Lord of the Rings… those are actually stories about character development. The characters drive the stories in good stories… when the story is driving the characters the entire time… that becomes 2 dimensional.
I liked the last Jedi, but it felt like a filler episode at times, it was drawn out, the character development details were not there, even though I liked to plot. (they go on this whole crazy journey just to learn about 'failure' and it turns out the stubborn annoying general (Holdo) with her plan, was actually right) I liked that Luke has a struggle of faith, even though it was exaggerated over the top. They did not explain it well enough to justify. A kid goes bad, bam, Luke the great Jedi has a forever melt down, but it was an interesting concept. One of the best parts of the movie was when Luke talks about Palpatine, because it's nice that they -finally- did something to show that these movies are connected and that Luke has had time to learn more about the past actually. But that only goes to show how much better and more detailed the old movies were, just being reminded of them was like the best part.
(spoilers, don't read until you watch)
when we see Kylo talk to Rey, and fight Rey, he redeems his character, he seems threatening.
i loved the return of Palpatine, even though it is missing all explanation, and was too obvious, too easy a choice, it fits thematically with the story of star wars, which is so important because Star Wars was at risk of loosing it's theme, it's purpose.
I loved JJ's lost. and loved his ideas, but people have since pointed out that he is good at 'creating suspense' without unveiling much of anything. and you can see that with the sequel trilogy. however i just loved the new one. The first two movies are like filler episodes, you could condense them into 30 minutes and put this movie on top of it, and then call it something cooler like "Rise of Palpatine" because that sounds more creative and has a double meaning. Titles like "Last Jedi" "Skywalker" "Force Awakens" Those are all attempts to borrow on the previous greatness of star wars. they are 'safe' titles, as they are also 'safe' movies. Not so creative as "Attack of the Clones" "Revenge of the Sith". You can tell just from the title that these movies are different then the previous ones. Even to someone who isn't fully paying attention you look at the title and feel a bit discouraged because you know there won't be anything truly new. (I think the words Sith and Clones were mentioned in the OT, but they were certainly not the focus, it was brave,or just natural, of Lucas to bring the creativity to explore those 'history' elements of the story)
there were many things in Rise of Skywalker that fit with the essence of star wars even though they lacked explanation that could have made it much more interesting. it leaves it open to imagination, but it would have been better with explanation. like when Palpatine says "I am all the Sith" that is really interesting, but they have never introduced this concept, and at no point is there further explanation of it. it has cool implications. It's the same thing with Palp's resurrection. We don't see it on screen. that is just bad. his return is the most shocking part and we don't even see they was people react to it. That aside, From the very beginning, and if you read the (Darth Plaguius book) they have suggested that Palpatine and his master were learning how to use the force to create life and defy death. but it would have been better if they had a flashback of Palatine falling down the shaft after Vader throws him. then somewhere else much latter, maybe on the sunken death star, or in his dark sith building on Exogol, he just 'wakes up' in this clone body that he had prepared ahead of time. that would make sense. another less practical method, is that someone uses both technology and a sith ritual to conjure his spirit back into a new body, a new cloned vessel for him, sometime later, but I like to keep it on the technological side. there is opportunity for so much interesting technology, story, and philosophical dialogue, but they just don't go there.
i like that idea that 'intention' can lead you to the light side or the dark side, even more so then action. if Rey kills Palatine out of desire for Revenge she could be possessed by the will of the Sith and the dark side, if she kills him out of necessity, to protect the people and the fleet, she is still true to the light side, her mortals. but they give this no explanation, and there is so much room for interesting dialogue around this. all that is to be expected with American action movies where they expect. It was just so much better then it could have been. And i was concerned more then once, like concerned Palpatine would die too easy, which did happen in one of JJ's "Six endings" that they filmed. Episodes seven and eight were like two time watch movies. Meaning i watch them twice. where all the other star wars movies i could watch them once a year, so that's like 20 watches. George created those movies. These movies have more classic Hollywood stile of action and less complex dialogue and world building detail. Hollywood thinks people don't like that. It's too much of a risk, a break from the formula, the formula of big exploding robots. So i feel we should encourage movies like this for going in the right direction. I never expected them in a million years to go with the "Rey is a Palpatine" twist, and that was exactly what myself and many other fans wanted. And i think Ryan Jonson's idea was of having her be "Nobody" sends a really inspiring message that you can succeed without being from an important bloodline. But the Rey Palatine thing ties into the essence of star wars, that you are not your parents, you are not your past, you can change things. but it is scary because it means recognizing the temptation for the dark-side in you. There were many cool concepts they could have elaborated on but didn't. But I'm still glad they put it out there.
It would have been cool is Palpatine after he drains Rey and Kylo, they are too week to do anything, so Palpatine boards a ship, and flys away somewhere, maybe there is some place he can go to increase his powers, or find a new apprentice, he becomes the "Emperor" again, or the "Supreme Leader". That would be a cool moment, to have the old Palpatine return, now that he is juiced up on life juice. That way the movie has more plot, where before many of the different planets Rey goes to are just to draw out the suspense and don't add anything to the story or characters. Cut that out. Palpatines return to being the Emperor could be like a stage three of the movie. Rey and Kylo experience failure. but now they are on the right course. they are united together. and the true evil is revealed. Palpatine gets a chance to demonstrate his political cunning, his 'two faced' nature, which is the reason he is interesting. and not just be this 'classic evil monster guy' that he is in the movie. In the prequels he was one of the most motivated and sophisticated two faced villains of all time. Here he is just 'evil guy'.
Kylo's death at the end of the movie is ok. but it's just for drama. it's like some 'hack' to make your movie seem like shakespeer. But they had an opportunity to further the 'message and purpose' of star wars. by having kylo has to live on with his sin and redeem himself. that would be interesting, like Boyaga stops being a storm trooper. Kylo now has to redeem himself, though there is way more to redeem for him. It would be cool, knowing people like Fin and Poe will hate his guts for a long time. But Rey will love him. I liked that they kiss, even though it doesn't make sense because they have like very little dialogue after he turns good. People think dialogue is 'mundane' to 'basic' to be important. I like the kiss though because you can feel attraction without talking. and he sacrificed his life to bring her back.
But it would be more interesting to see them both living on together, redeeming the force together light side and former dark side working together. they learn to deepen their understanding of the force and accept things they couldn't accept before. like some kind of link between the light and dark side, where before they were separate and divide. no one wants to forgive Kylo, but they need his help to stop Palpatine, and when people like Fin start to see the good in Kylo that helps strengthen them with the force. Getting past the anger and revenge stuff.
Now that Palpatine is seen to be a serious real danger, that the battle can potentially go either way, it's more exciting to see this next fight because Palpatine has beaten them before and we don't even know if he has played all his cards yet. He is going somewhere to become even more powerful. Maybe he is contacting some other sith. Or maybe like some kind of fallen Jedi, that would mirror Kylo as the former 'sith' kind of. Rey vs Palatine, Kylo vs fallen Jedi person. There seems to be this idea that the story has to revolve around Rey Kylo and some other big villain guy and you can't introduce new 'key' characters, additional characters have to be majorly less significant then the main two or three. that limits the story. it is fear to show creativity. the Star-wars Prequels introduced new formidable opponents all the time. It felt like each movie had two major villains, it was dynamic, where the new star wars, there are only two or three villains, Palpatine, Snoke, Kylo, who are a true threat, and even then kylo is defeated in the first movie, and is unstable like a child.
In conclusion, what is the meaning of Jar Jar? George Lucas said, in the outrageously out of context statement "Jar Jar is the key to all this". what did he really mean by that?
Over the decades Jar jar has played an integral role in star wars. His central position in starwars is only highlighted all the more so by his total absence from Epsidoes 7 to 9. While Jar Jar has disapred from the big screen, seemly taken a humble bow, his infamy on the internet is stronger then ever in recent years. "Good Gooo00oood" To quote the Dark Lord of the Sith, all hail my master Supreme Chancellor Palps. Binks has been at the heart of many memes and hilarious youtube videos.
Maybe Lucas meant that in their hated of Jar Jar, the fans themselves abandoned our Gungan friend. Jar Jar had little guidance, and screen time, and in his isolation he fell pray to the dark sides manipulations and granted emergency powers to Supreme Chancellor Palatine.
Which allowed the secret Sith lord to turn the Republic into the Empire, aka Disney. We abandoned jar Jar Projected our sadness over lost Original Trilogy nostalgia in the Prequels onto the goofy funny innocent Gungan. when the fans delved too far into their hatred, they awakened the Belrog of Kylo Ren. the sad edgy over hyped Vader Copycat (Who is redeemed only by the great acting of Adam Driver).
The fans blinded by nostalgia for the Original Trilogy, projected their hatred onto Jar Jar, witch lead to haters on the internet, witch lead to Lucas handing Star Wars to Disney, witch lead to Disney rejecting Lucas's Sequel Trilogy Treatments, because of fear that the fans hated Lucas's newer ideas, and they coped the Original Trilogy in the new films to please the fans as they themselves say. They made safe movies.
As the philosopher Nitchie said "when tho doth hate Star Wars Prequels, be careful tho doth not becomith onto the dark side."
Argo, we the fans, in our hatred of Jar Jar, we became Darth Jar Jar. We turned ourselves and star wars to the dark side, into the dark side Empire of Disney capitalism. Lucas foresaw all of this when he channeled the force through his high medichlorian count, thus the true meaning of his statement "Jar Jar is the Key to all this" finally unveiled decades later in a random blog post.
The truth is…
I am a fan of the prequels.
Star wars was already good. But the OT fans hated the Prequels so relentlessly for not being exactly like the originals, for being a wildly new and different kind of star wars story, that Lucas became discouraged and gave star wars to Disney. And Disney also felt uneasy to included any of Lucas's ideas for this very reason. Ironically the fans who thought they hated Lucas's ideas, hated the Disney films that were designed specifically to give them what they thought they wanted.
Ironically
And finally Disney not knowing what to do for their third final film, finally went back to Lucas for help, and that was when they created a movie everyone could enjoy that actually went back to the heart of star wars. they didn't even have to think that much. the material is already there, they just had to evoke it. All they had to do was bring back the "Sith", just putting that word in the film was a risk they had not been willing to take before, because "Sith" is a prequel word. Yet it evokes so much lore, so much depth and history and demotion to star wars, what hte new movies were lacking.
Fans of the OT, raved on the Prequals for their 'bad dialogue', but the thing is that is so irrelevant, or at least secondary to what star wars is about. those movies sold so many copies, and inspired hundreds of EU novels. The OT fans came out about their hatred of the Prequels, and my generation, the 'younglings' of star wars, followed suit to our elder star wars fans. But those of us like me who grew up with the prequels, we loved them, and i even think Jar Jar is hilarious, Jar Jar is 1000 times more hilarious specifically because so many people hate him to this ridiculousness degree. but yeah, I'm glad that episodes II and III became more adult. Kid Anikin was not important to the story. It was like a marketing thing to make the movie appeal to children, even though Star Wars obviously has themes that are serious to the fullest degree.
Addressing the 'bad dialogue' of the prequels. that is something that can be learned from. not a sign that Lucas was some kind of unhinged creative gone off the deep end. as a visionary it's not his job to get the specifics of dialogue, and he could have hired someone else to review his dialogue and improve it. it is something to learn from. not a sign of the end of star wars lol. but it became the end when fans attacked Lucas as a person. that was scary. to me he is still an idol.
You also hear about the overuse of 'CGI' witch is infuriating, because Lucas basically invented CGI. i saw a documentary about it. it is amazing. i had no idea. I thought he was just the idea man, but the company he started revolutionized the modern movie making industry into what it is today. and those movies use CGI in ways that are more fascinating then even most movies today use it. People should have been in awe of the CGI and instead it was criticized for going to far. But that is normal considering it was just invented for them to be excited about it.
When you look at the plot lines of the Prequels they are all so dynamic and exciting compared to the new trilogy. And there is all kinds of deeper meaning that isn't even mentioned in the dialogue. Such as how on the surface Anakin is a spoiled brat, but in reality it is the Jedi who push him over the edge by being to strict. Anakin is a guy who is motivated by love, he loves his mother and wife, and the Jedi reinforce that he keep these feelings a secret rather then open up about them. It kind of reminds me of when people are really optimistic relentlessly all the time but hide their problems and can't stand to hear others mention a problem in the world. The Jedi are 'selfless', yet they don't have the whole picture. and when i wanted the movies as a kid i always figured Anakin was the bad one, and the Jedi were good, but over time watching this movie over the years there is so much more to glean from it. Palpatine pushes Anakin to the dark side by planting a vision of his wife dying into his head, and we never even get this 'on screen'. but you can infer that it happened. as you can infer, that Palpatine only had so much influence over Anakin because his support system in Obi Wan and the Jedi Council was not actually that strong or emotionally deep. It was just like this absolute buddhim kind of "let go over everything" attitude, that sounds noble, but isn't even human really. the Jedi were selfless, they saw themselves as beyond human.
The Sith are selfish. they channel the shadow self, and even though they are truly evil, they actually have a hidden message to teach the Jedi about something they do not understand or accept about themselves. the Jedi have abstracted themselves out of reality. and it is there if you look for it. when anakin says "I"M sorry Obi Wan, I've just been so frustrated with the council lately." you see it, that he is missing a support system, and it is not because he doesn't want one, it is the opposite, he wants the wisdom and guidance of the jedi, but he feels, he just knows something is missing. because being with Padame feels right, even though it is forbidden. he is driven by these big love emotions that make him powerful with the force, more so then other Jedi. because he doesn't understand these emotions, he is turned to the dark side.
As a kid I always saw Obi Wan as the good guy, and he is a real role model and cool character, but in a strange way I always felt like Qui Gon gin was even cooler. and someone pointed out that Qui Gon understood the contradictions of the Jedi council, he was not a 'grey Jedi' but in fact the opposite, he was a true Jedi, he saw Anakins potential, but after he died, Obi Wan didn't know what to do other then whatever the Council told him to do. Qui Gon was a Jedi who trusted his own intuition even over the collective advice of the council. we know little about him. but i like to think that he was more liberated, in a good way, liberated from the 'hive mind' kind of thinking.
The movies -never- take credit for how brilliant they are. there is no character in the movie who points it out (as you see in many anime), or puts into words what is really going on, their are so many gray areas, and it is up to the audience to see the deeper meanings.
As an aside, why is it that bilbo Baggins reminds me of my mothers mother (a round happy surviver of depression). and Palpatine reminds me of my fathers mother (paranoid, cunning, wise).
Palpatine "I have waited a loooong time for this… to welcome my grandson."
"You will take a seat"
"You will eat a prune"
"We will chat while I play jeprody reruns all day in the background."


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Another problem is that it only supports 64 bit applications. Bye bye applets in Safari.
I found that in this article about Java 6 on Mac.
I always assumed that Java .class files are the same regardless of platform. A .class file compiled on one system should still run on Macs, even though their VM is 64-bit. But that quotation sounds as if the .class file format is different and code must be specifically compiled in some 64-bit mode to run on Macs. What am I missing?
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I have a weird feeling today. I feel almost restless but excited. It is as if I know something big is going to happen to me today. But I don't know what it means. Maybe I am just being superstitious.
Maybe it is my writing that is making me restless. I didn't sleep well last night, in fact, I didn't sleep much at all. I really want to start submitting my first manuscript, but I'm not really done with it yet. I know this is going to sound weird, but I can't wait for my first rejection letter. Because if I get a rejection letter, it means I tried to follow my dream and that I didn't just give up on it.
I feel in my gut that I am suppose to be a writer and it doesn't matter to me that my writing is mediocre right now. I know that as a writer, you only get better the longer you write and the older you get. But the thing that bothers me with that theory is that I am always a late bloomer with everything. So, I don't want to be 45 years old, when I successfully publish my first book.
All the websites I go on tells me to be patient, which is a struggle for me every single day. I tell myself ''be patient'' but my body is so excited and as I have previously stated, restless. I am such a weirdo.


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McGinn: Rating the Packers vs. Bears
A position-by-position evaluation of the Packers' performance Sunday vs. the Bears.
McGinn: Rating the Packers vs. Bears A position-by-position evaluation of the Packers' performance Sunday vs. the Bears. Check out this story on packersnews.com: http://pck.rs/2i9t8Cv
Bob McGinn, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 9:50 p.m. CT Dec. 19, 2016
Packers running back Ty Montgomery runs past Bears cornerback Tracy Porter for a touchdown Sunday in the first quarter of the Packers' 30-27 victory over Chicago at Soldier Field.(Photo: Jim Matthews / USA TODAY NETWORK-W)
GREEN BAY – Two weeks ago the Green Bay Packers were languishing in a tie for 24th place in turnover differential at minus-5. They ranked in the bottom half of the NFL for most of the season.
Now, after compiling a plus-10 ratio against Seattle and Chicago, the Packers have vaulted into a tie for eighth place at plus-5. Their four takeaways Sunday at Soldier Field led directly to 17 points.
Year after year, the teams that lead the league in turnover differential also lead the standings. The same holds true this season.
Here's a rating of the Packers in their 30-27 victory over the Bears, with their 1 to 5 football totals in parentheses.
Jared Cook (played 40 of the 61 offensive snaps) had his second most productive game of the season. Just 12 of the 40 came with his hand down. Of his six receptions (for 85 yards), the first three came from the slot and the last three came from the inside of a trips formation. Despite the cold, he caught the ball beautifully away from his body. He also did an effective job chipping at times on the Bears' trio of outstanding pass rushers. There's an art to it so not to interfere with the tackle, and Cook was able to stick the man and get into his route easily. Cook doesn't offer much after the catch because he's on the stiff side and is an upright runner. With minimal low-tackle shield, he usually just gets chopped down. Richard Rodgers' snap count dwindled to 20 (10 with his hand down). It isn't often the coaches ask either tight end to block at the point of attack. When they asked Rodgers to on third and 1, OLB Pernell McPhee blew him up and the ball carrier lost a yard. Jordy Nelson (60) had an inauspicious start, vaulting high over CB Tracy Porter but then dropping a 40-yard pass. Later, he had a 32-yard bomb raked from his clutches by CB Cre'Von LeBlanc. With the game on the line, however, Nelson beat the slow-footed LeBlanc (4.67) to the post and kept running before hauling in a 60-yard mortar shot that hung in the air for 3.2 seconds. On Nelson's other six receptions, he gained just nine yards after the catch. Sometimes it seems Nelson is so consumed with ball security that it limits his athleticism. It was just a terrible day for Davante Adams (60), who dropped a routine pair of 16-yard TD passes. It's hard to remember any Green Bay player having done that. Since becoming a starter in 2012 Randall Cobb had been shut out just once. It was in the playoff game last year in Arizona when he departed after 15 snaps because of a chest injury. It was bizarre that Cobb had 51 snaps against fill-in nickel back Demontre Hurst and wasn't targeted once.
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OFFENSIVE LINE (4)
Rookie Leonard Floyd hurt the Packers (two sacks) in Game 6 and other teams in the past month. He's a tremendous talent with a hard-charging approach. Matched most often against David Bakhtiari, he had neither a pressure nor tackle. It was a schooling of the first degree. Bakhtiari took away everything Floyd tried with his strength, athleticism and technical approach to pass protection. He also was the only offensive lineman without a "bad" run. On the other side, Bryan Bulaga was solid overall but nowhere near as consistent as Bakhtiari. All three of Bulaga's pressures came in the first half. As the game wore on, he frustrated the unconventional rushes of Willie Young just as he did in the first meeting. McPhee, who was snorting fire all afternoon, was harder to handle and totaled four pressures in all. Probably the best Bears defensive player against run and pass was Akiem Hicks. He's a Pro Bowl-caliber big man. T.J. Lang was late blocking LBs twice in the first series. It's crucial for the offense that he's on the field, but it's obvious that his assortment of injuries has reduced his ability to bend, change direction and strike with full authority. He allowed 2 ½ pressures and one "bad" run, and his nit-picky holding penalty against Hicks wrecked a third-quarter drive. Lane Taylor eliminated ILB John Timu on Christine Michael's 42-yard TD when he long-pulled around three other linemen. However, he allowed two pressures and 1 ½ "bad" runs. It's unclear if JC Tretter is ready to play. Both he and Corey Linsley have started seven games, and there seems little inclination on the part of the coaches to switch back to Tretter. They're both capable players.
QUARTERBACKS (4)
Aaron Rodgers doesn't have many game-winning drives on his resume. He was zero for two this season. Also, his deep-ball accuracy in the first two months of the season was spotty at best. Rodgers killed two birds with one stone with the 60-yard home-run ball that he dropped into Nelson's hands to set up the decisive field goal. Besides the W, Rodgers was looking at a line with two new guards (Don Barclay, Jason Spriggs) because Taylor (hip) and Lang (back) had just gone out following a collision. Coordinator Vic Fangio, his nemesis (4-0) in San Francisco, called an aggressive "quarters" coverage trying to get the Packers off the field on third and 11. Rodgers, however, spotted the no-safety deep vulnerability, stepped left and exploited LeBlanc's lack of range with Nelson. As confusion reigned, he waved off a sideline substitution by Lang, assembled the team at the line and spiked the ball in smart order to win the day. That's having complete command. The drops by Adams and Nelson had to be disheartening to a degree. At the same time, Rodgers was responsible for 3 ½ of the four sacks by holding the ball excessively. One of the sacks came on Fangio's first blitz (he pressured at just a 12.8 percent rate). It's hard to believe Rodgers could miss Hurst charging from the slot to his right, but he did. Besides the sacks, he was knocked down six other times. He must limit unnecessary hits. Unable to practice because of a calf injury, he moved adequately in the first half before showing near-optimum acceleration on three scrambles for 26 yards (one was eliminated by penalty). Despite the cold and hard-hitting play, his ball security was exceptional.
DOUGHERTY: Halfway to filling huge holes
D'AMATO: An interloper in a Bears den
INSIDER: Thumbs up to Montgomery
RUNNING BACKS (5)
In some ways the 162-yard rushing outburst by Ty Montgomery (51) was stylistically similar to Pittsburgh's LeVeon Bell. They're relatively big backs with the ability to move defenders before they commit to a run. On a 61-yard gain, he was surrounded by three tacklers two yards behind the line but stayed calm and found an opening. Four of his nine broken tackles were on that play. On a 26-yard gain, he looked trapped by two defenders also two yards behind the line. On a 36-yard gain, he dragged Adrian Amos for 14 yards as the strong safety kept trying to rip the ball out. He stiff-armed effectively on three carries totaling 20 yards. When hit hard, he has the ability to withstand the blow and stay up. He isn't the type of back that will seek contact rather than slipping out of bounds. Such backs might last longer, too. Michael's four first-half snaps weren't impressive. He was impatient or danced on two runs. Amazingly enough, his only snap in the second half was the long TD. It was smooth sailing for the final 30 yards after he stiff-armed LeBlanc into submission. He's a violent runner who can uncoil on contact. Aaron Ripkowski (11) didn't have a touch.
DEFENSIVE LINE (1 ½)
The Packers complimented the stadium grounds crew for the condition of the field. It was somewhat soft, which is much better than frozen like the old days. Thus, it was an afternoon for bull-rushing more than speed-rushing, and Green Bay failed on both counts. Mike Daniels (played 50 of the 66 defensive snaps), one week after generating 5 ½ pressures against Seattle, had none. Twenty-one of his snaps came on LG Josh Sitton's side of the line, but there were only half a dozen passes in which the former teammates went at it one-on-one. "Sitton was Sitton," said Daniels. "He played the way he always plays. Definitely still a challenge." With Julius Peppers and Datone Jones forced to play OLB only, Letroy Guion (45) and Daniels played pass downs, too. Guion did his usual thrashing at the line on his rushes. He did well to smell out two screen passes but then failed to finish. Prized rookie C Cody Whitehair outplayed Guion in the run game, which doesn't often happen. Guion came inches away from knocking Micah Hyde off his late coverage as he rushed pell-mell onto the field. If he had, Cameron Meredith would have walked in with possibly the winning TD. The Bears' comeback began midway through the second half with five plays for 67 yards when rookies Dean Lowry (22) and Kenny Clark (14) were on the field. The lone pressure was by Lowry.
LINEBACKERS (1)
Peppers (52) says a pass rusher's day can be made by one play. For most of the game Peppers couldn't solve LT Charles Leno, an undersized but athletic third-year man. But, when Leno let Peppers get to his edge on the first play of the third quarter, the veteran pulled himself around the corner for a strip-sack-recovery. It changed the complexion of the game. Minus Nick Perry (hand), Datone Jones (49) started opposite Peppers and wasn't sharp against vulnerable RT Bobby Massie. For the second game in a row Clay Matthews (29) served as designated pass rusher. At first, the Bears were chipping on him. Then, after it became apparent Matthews couldn't beat the tackles with his bad left shoulder, they treated him like just another rusher. TE Daniel Brown isn't regarded as much of a blocker. Well aware of the injury report, he attacked Matthews on a fourth-quarter, punishing wham block that put him on the ground. It was revealing that Matthews wasn't in the lineup on the Bears' final play from the 4. Joe Thomas (49) helped stop a drive with a hard tackle of RB Ka'Deem Carey and broke up a third-and-3 crossing pattern to Alshon Jeffery. He also blew a sack. Jake Ryan (55) blitzed a season-high nine times but didn't produce. He has to trust his size and speed, smash backs and create havoc. Blake Martinez (14) and Kyler Fackrell (four) returned after three-game absences due to injury.
Micah Hyde (31) didn't play much until Damarious Randall (42) was pulled for poor play and Quinten Rollins (65) moved from the slot to outside. On the Bears' last snap, he went nose-to-nose against talented Cameron Meredith from the slot. Dom Capers didn't man-blitz much but he did there. Looking at Meredith all the way, red-hot Matt Barkley threw a respectable ball. Hyde, however, made a better play, gambling that he could undercut the out-breaking route and knock it away. He also carried Brown deep on his vertical route in the third quarter and Barkley, wanting his tight end, sailed the pass into the hands of Ha Ha Clinton-Dix (66) for the first of his two interceptions. As the first half ended, rookie Makinton Dorleant (one) batted down a Hail Mary that Hyde positioned himself smartly to intercept. One thing about Hyde: He gives coaches everything he has every game. Clinton-Dix looked like Darren Sharper patrolling center field and snaring errant throws. He just can't carry the ball that loosely on returns. He tackled well. Morgan Burnett (66) wasn't in good shape on some inside routes off play-action. LaDarius Gunter (64) was the best cornerback but escaped damage deep when passes were thrown inaccurately or not at all. On the other side, Randall could hardly have played worse. When a player displays weakness, as Randall has of late in terms of tackling and lining up properly, opponents will strike until he adjusts or is gone. This was one of many games in which he didn't want in on the action. Barkley made Randall tackle twice on runs-turned-hitches, and the result was a 10-yard TD and a 17-yard gain. He did have two fine breakups but they were more than offset by a raft of completions. Rollins' problem appears to be route recognition. Jeffery was turning him in circles. Blitzing Kentrell Brice (five) made a big stick on the goal-line against Jordan Howard that might have saved a TD.
Mason Crosby delivered the game-winner from 32 yards as time expired. For a 10-year veteran, his clutch opportunities have been few and far between. He also made FGs from 34 (it barely screw-balled over) and 18 plus three extra points. His six kickoffs averaged 64.3 yards and 3.90 seconds of hang time. Two of Jacob Schum's four punts had hang time less than 3.1. His four-boot averages were 42.0 (gross), 37.8 (net) and 3.53 (hang time).
SPECIAL TEAMS (1 ½)
Hyde replaced Cobb on punt returns. Penalty-ridden Josh Hawkins was a healthy scratch for the first time; he was replaced by Dorleant. The kickoff-return game was miserable (five for 15.6); on one, WR Josh Bellamy split Jones and Ripkowski, then upended Montgomery at the 15. The holding penalty on Jeff Janis was nullified; he has had minimal impact in the kicking game this year. Brice and Martinez also were penalized. Fackrell led OK coverage.
STARS OF THE GAME: 1. Ty Montgomery; 2. David Bakhtiari; 3. Micah Hyde.
OVERALL RATING: 3.0 footballs
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HIPAA Waivers and Compliance in COVID-19 Pandemic
Article Note: legal changes have been occurring hourly as the Trump Administration and Federal agencies respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. This Alert was originally issued on March 13, 2020, with content current as of 3:45 p.m. EST. It was subsequently updated as of 9:30 p.m. EST March 16, 2020, 3:45 p.m. EST March 17, 2020, and 8:45 p.m. EST March 17, 2020. We will continue to monitor and strive for timely updates as applicable.
In this update, we incorporate information on waivers of penalties for noncompliance with the regulatory requirements under the HIPAA Rules against covered health care providers in connection with the good faith provision of telehealth during the COVID-19 nationwide public health emergency (announced March 17, 2020). OCR's evening announcement expands on the enforcement discretion related to telehealth announced by CMS earlier in the day.
Healthcare providers are on the front lines of the rapidly-evolving COVID-19 pandemic. Public anxiety is running high, and media scrutiny is intense. As providers are faced with escalating inquiries and public demand for information, they must remain cognizant of patient privacy rights and vigilant in their HIPAA compliance. It is critical to understand what information can be disclosed and under what circumstances; below we outline important tips to assist providers in maintaining compliance:
1. Emergencies do not exempt compliance – but limited waivers of sanctions and penalties for certain compliance requirements have been issued.
It is important to remember that HIPAA protections are not automatically waived during an emergency like the COVID-19 pandemic. The requirements of the HIPAA rules generally remain in place. However, in limited circumstances, the Secretary of HHS does have the authority to waive sanctions and penalties for noncompliance with certain provisions of the rules.
Accordingly, pursuant to President Trump's declaration of a national emergency on March 13, 2020, and HHS Secretary Azar's earlier declaration of a public health emergency, HHS has announced two areas in which it is waiving sanctions and penalties during the period of declared emergency:
Limited waivers of penalties for hospitals for noncompliance with certain Privacy Rule requirements (announced March 16, 2020); and
Waivers of penalties for HIPAA violations for health care providers that serve patients in good faith through everyday communications technologies, such as FaceTime or Skype (announced March 17, 2020).
Hospital Waivers
HHS announced that it will waive sanctions and penalties against a covered hospital that does not comply with the following provisions of the HIPAA Privacy Rule:
the requirements to obtain a patient's agreement to speak with family members or friends involved in the patient's care. See 45 CFR 164.510(b).
the requirement to honor a request to opt out of the facility directory. See 45 CFR 164.510(a).
the requirement to distribute a notice of privacy practices. See 45 CFR 164.520.
the patient's right to request privacy restrictions. See 45 CFR 164.522(a).
the patient's right to request confidential communications. See 45 CFR 164.522(b).
The waiver became effective on March 15, 2020, retroactive to March 1, 2020, and a bulletin discussing the waiver can be accessed here. When the Secretary issues such a waiver, it only applies:
in the emergency area identified in the public health emergency declaration;
to hospitals that have instituted a disaster protocol; and
for up to 72 hours from the time the hospital implements its disaster protocol. Further, when the Presidential or Secretarial declaration terminates, a hospital must then comply with all the requirements of the Privacy Rule for any patient still under its care, even if 72 hours have not elapsed since implementation of its disaster protocol.
Telehealth Waivers
On March 17, 2020, HHS announced that it will waive sanctions and penalties for HIPAA violations against health care providers that provide telehealth services to patients in good faith through everyday communications technologies, such as FaceTime or Skype, during the COVID-19 nationwide public health emergency.
Specifically, OCR stated, "A covered health care provider that wants to use audio or video communication technology to provide telehealth to patients during the COVID-19 nationwide public health emergency can use any non-public facing remote communication product that is available to communicate with patients. OCR is exercising its enforcement discretion to not impose penalties for noncompliance with the HIPAA Rules in connection with the good faith provision of telehealth using such non-public facing audio or video communication products during the COVID-19 nationwide public health emergency. This exercise of discretion applies to telehealth provided for any reason, regardless of whether the telehealth service is related to the diagnosis and treatment of health conditions related to COVID-19."
Importantly, OCR explained:
Covered health care providers may use popular applications that allow for video chats, including Apple FaceTime, Facebook Messenger video chat, Google Hangouts video, or Skype, to provide telehealth without risk that OCR might seek to impose a penalty for noncompliance with the HIPAA Rules related to the good faith provision of telehealth during the COVID-19 nationwide public health emergency.
Providers are encouraged to notify patients that these third-party applications potentially introduce privacy risks, and providers should enable all available encryption and privacy modes when using such applications.
However, OCR will not impose penalties against covered health care providers for the lack of a BAA with video communication vendors or any other noncompliance with the HIPAA Rules that relates to the good faith provision of telehealth services during the COVID-19 nationwide public health emergency.
In contrast to the above, providers may not use Facebook Live, Twitch, TikTok, and similar video communication applications in the provision of telehealth because they are public facing.
More details, including the press releases, fact sheets, and FAQs for the applicable announcements, can be found here and here.
2. Certain information can be shared pursuant to limited HIPAA exceptions, or pursuant to a HIPAA-compliant Authorization.
HHS issued a helpful bulletin via its Privacy and Security listservs on February 3, 2020, addressing ways that patient information may be shared under the HIPAA Privacy Rule in an outbreak of infectious disease or other emergency situation. The bulletin is available here.
The bulletin addresses how covered entities may use and disclose protected health information: about the patient as necessary to treat the patient or to treat a different patient; for permissible public health activities, such as disclosure to the CDC or a state or local health department authorized by law to collect or receive such information for the purpose of preventing or controlling disease, injury or disability; to family, friends, and others involved in an individual's care and for notification purposes; and for certain other limited uses and disclosures.
Each of these exceptions has specific requirements and elements that must be met for the use or disclosure to be permissible under HIPAA, and covered entities and business associates should not forget the general rule that disclosure of patient-identifiable information to the media or the public at large is prohibited without the patient's (or HIPAA-compliant Personal Representative's) written authorization.
This means that information about an identifiable patient such as specific tests, test results, or details of a patient's illness must remain confidential unless an exception applies or there is a HIPAA-compliant authorization in place. The requirements for a valid HIPAA authorization can be found at 45 CFR 164.508.
3. Innovate and adapt – but use caution.
With the spread of COVID-19, providers may be looking for ways to help patients that will also decrease exposure and community spread, such as telemedicine. However, even as certain requirements are modified in the face of the pandemic, HIPAA as a whole has not been waived as of the time of this alert, and the only waivers of sanctions, penalties, and compliance requirements are those described above. Thus, any telemedicine encounter should be conducted in a HIPAA-compliant way within the bounds of the waivers. Further, covered entities and business associates should keep in mind that the requirements and safeguards of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules will likely return to full enforcement following the expiration of the waivers.
4. Seek counsel where greater clarity is needed.
Providers should carefully review the HIPAA regulations and HHS's guidance, and consider consulting qualified legal counsel if they are unsure about how HIPAA applies, such as whether a use or disclosure is permitted, whether an authorization is compliant, or whether a business associate agreement is required. Guidance from regulators is evolving as the situation continues to develop, and providers should stay informed and monitor for updates.
For assistance on these or other HIPAA-related matters, please contact Madison M. Pool or H. Carol Saul.
Healthcare Privacy, HIPAA
Madison M. Pool


(A) Example of alignment of reads to three transcripts of an example gene, and are displayed relative to their positions in the gene. Exons are labeled sequentially by their 5′ start and 3′ end positions relative to the orientation of their respective gene, and exons with the same 5′ start and 3′ end positions are considered to be the same exon. Reads mapping to exonic regions or exon-intron borders are indicated by single bars, and reads mapping to junctions are denoted by pairs of bars connected by a line. Reads can map to sequences unique to a single transcript (blue, yellow, red), multiple transcripts (gray), theoretical junctions not present in any transcript (brown with white fill) or exon-intron boundaries (teal). (B) Exons, exonic regions and exon fragments. This example shows exons that differ in donor and acceptor sites. The exonic region is defined as the genome co-ordinates where overlapping exons from different transcripts are found. Within the exonic region, sequences can be classified based upon the exons that are annotated in the region. These exon fragments may be shared across all exons (black), unique to one exon (blue, yellow, read) or common to a subset of exons (orange, green, purple). Within an exonic region, 3′ (donor) sites and 5′ (acceptor) sites are classified as either the reference site (blue hatching) or an alternative site (red hatching). For each exonic region, a single border junction is selected from sequences corresponding to unambiguous exon-intron borders. The exonic regions that comprise of only a single exon (i.e., exons D, E, H and I) are termed single-exons. By definition single-exons have no fragments, and can be unique (exon G), common (exon H) or constitutive (exon D and E) depending on their isoform membership. Examples of exons, exonic regions and exon fragments are demonstrated with two real genes from the mm10 RefSeq annotations: (C) Psma3 (Entrez ID: 19167), consisting of 11 exonic regions and three transcripts that share most of the same events; and (D) Rpl3 (Entrez ID: 27367), consisting of 10 exonic regions and two transcripts.
Possible classifications for border junctions. Detected border junctions are only classified if their adjacent exon is also detected. These border junctions can be categorized as a possible novel donor/acceptor, and possible intron retention. If the coverage at the border junction was similar in coverage to its adjacent exon (defined as the border junction having a mean APN of at least 90% of the APN of the exon), then the border junction is classified as a possible novel donor. If the coverage (as APN) of the border junction was at least 10% of the adjacent exon and the adjacent intron was also detected, then the border junction is classified as possible intron retention. These values are conservative and can be changed. Where a border junction could be classified as both a possible novel donor and possible intron retention, the event is classified as ambiguous intron retention. All remaining border junctions are classified as possible unprocessed transcript.
The Event Analysis workflow. Event Analysis consists of three main components: (1) annotation generation; (2) alignment and coverage; (3) event detection and transcript identification. First, annotations for exon-level annotations (exonic regions, exon fragments, introns) and junction annotations are generated. A GFF3 file as input to generate annotations for exonic regions, exon fragments, distinct introns and a catalog of all possible, logical junctions within a gene, and a genome FASTA file is used to extract junction sequences to use for quantification. Second, RNA-seq reads are first aligned to junction sequences and coverage is calculated. Reads that do not align to junctions are then aligned to the genome to calculate the coverage of exonic regions, exon fragments and introns. Third, the output set of counts from alignments are then analyzed to determine what transcriptional events (exonic regions, exon fragment, introns, and junctions) are detected and what transcripts likely present/absent in a given condition.
Events detected in cultured mouse NPCs. (A) Exons and exon fragments detected in mouse NPCs. (B) Splicing events by event type detected in mouse NPCs. (C) Detected exon-exon junctions by event annotation. Blue bars indicate exon-exon junctions annotated to known transcripts, gray bars indicate exon-exon junctions that are not annotated to known transcripts.
Transcript-specificity of events. Transcriptional events (single-exon exons, exon fragments, junctions) are divided on the basis of transcript-specificity (unique, common, constitutive) Exons of mono-transcript genes are a special case of single-exon exons as these are both unique and constitutive. These are indicated as a subset within unique single-exon exons, and are included within the total set of unique events. The majority of detected events correspond to those constitutively included in all known transcripts for a gene or set of genes.
Unannotated splicing events detected in mouse NPCs. (A) Genes with detected unannotated events. (B) Distribution of the number of detected unannotated splicing events per gene. Density plot of the log-APN distribution between detected unannotated junctions (C) and border junctions (D), with and without BLAST hits to the PacBio transcriptome.
Distribution of the total events detected per transcript. (A) Density plot of the distribution of proportion of total events detected. (B) Proportion of transcripts by the proportion of total events detected. (C) Distribution of number of transcripts detected per gene. (D) The proportions of transcripts with at least one unique event detected, transcripts with unique events but none detected, and transcripts with no assigned unique events. (E) Distribution of the expressed transcripts with at least one unique event detected by the proportion of unique events detected. (F) Scatterplot of number of unique events and proportion of unique events detected per transcript. Most of the transcripts with detected unique events typically had fewer than 3 unique events detected, and about 61% of these 22,319 transcripts had only a single unique event detected.
Comparison of Event Analysis with PacBio sequenced transcripts. (E) Distribution of log-APN of annotated events with and without PacBio hits. Blue line represents the of log-APN distribution of annotated events with PacBio hits, red line represents the of log-APN distribution of annotated events with no PacBio hits. Overlap between the Event Analysis trancriptome (yellow) against the PacBio transcriptome (blue = complete splice match; red = incomplete splice match), for EA transcripts with 100% of events detected (B), at least 75% of events detected (C), at least 50% of events detected (D), and at least 25% of events detected (E).
Distribution of the coefficient of variation of transcript estimates in T1D lymphocyte data. The distribution of CV between samples from the quantification for all AceView transcripts (blue line) and the reduced set of transcripts (red line) for (A) CD4+, (B) CD8+ and (C) CD19+ lymphocytes.
↵* Junction is not distinct as exons F and G share the same donor site.
Full list of all possible junctions are listed in Supplementary Table 1 in Additional File 1.
↵* Junction is not unique as exons F and G share the same acceptor site.
ES = exon skipping, AD = alternative donor, AA = alternative acceptor.


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Movement away from Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill?
Scroll to the end for updates and audio of President Museveni's speech and a video report from NTV.
Uganda Talks, the blog of The Independent posted this on Twitter this morning:
Uganda backs off anti-gay bill: Saying that it contradicts Uganda's foreign policy, President Museveni announced t… http://bit.ly/8z2dZG.
However, the link goes to a page which says the content has been moved or not published yet. I called the Indenpendent to learn that the content has not been published. The headline gives a hint that it involves a statement from President Museveni.
A google news search of Museveni yields this most recent article description:
Saying that it contradicts Uganda's foreign policy, President Museveni announced that the anti-gay bill will be withdrawn in an announcement at State House.
I have gotten another unconfirmed report that Museveni made these remarks at a meeting of his political party earlier today.
This just in from Katende Bob Roberts at the Independent:
President Museveni has told members of his National Resistance Movement party in a meeting at State House, Entebbe that cabinet will talk to Member of Parliament David Bahati who tabled the Anti Homosexuality Bill 2009, in order to reach a position that will leave both the local and international community satisfied.
The president's pronouncement attracted wild murmurs from the audience prompting him to repeat his statement. He said ever since the bill was tabled in the last quarter of last year; he has been receiving calls from various international figures including US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to find out updates on the proposed law. Museveni observed that the bill is affecting Uganda's image abroad. He said although there's need to protect Uganda's values, it also necessary to take care of concerns of the international community.
While the earlier report of the bill being withdrawn seems unlikely, this signals a potential to work toward something that will address the issues about which all groups agree.
Thanks to a reader, audio of Museveni's remarks are below. Click the link for the transcript.
Now playing: Blogtalk
More coverage here and a much fuller account here in New Vision.
Here is the transcript of Museveni's speech.
Read these accounts and compare with the audio…
Museveni said he had been questioned about the bill by several foreign leaders, including the Canadian prime minister, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. He said Clinton called him for over 45 minutes over the issue.
"I told them that this bill was brought up by a private member and I have not even had time to discuss it with him. It is neither the Government nor the NRM party. It is a private member," Museveni told the NRM meeting at State House Entebbe.
"It is my judgment that our foreign policy is not managed just by some individuals. We have our values and our stand, historically and socially, but we need to know also that our partners we have been working with have their systems," he added as members murmured in disapproval.
Museveni narrated that the gay community in New York organised a rally and invited then President Bill Clinton.
"In that rally, about 300,000 homosexuals attended. I challenge you. Who of you, MPs, has ever had a rally of 300,000 people, other than me? Even for me, it is not often that I get those numbers," he said.
The Cabinet, he added, had decided to call Bahati and discuss the bill with him.
"This is a foreign policy issue and we have to discuss it in a manner that does not compromise our principles but also takes care of our foreign policy interest," he said as the MPs shouted: "No, no, no!"
He said when he talked to Hillary Clinton, he informed her that people come from Europe with money and woo young people into homosexuality.
Museveni warned that those against development in Africa use this opportunity to de-campaign Uganda.
Watch this space. I will put up the details as soon as they are available.
The transcript of the speech is here.
Author Warren ThrockmortonPosted on January 12, 2010 Categories politics, Religion, Religion and sexuality, sexual orientation, ugandaTags anti-homosexuality bill 2009, museveni, uganda talks
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Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma are rare neuroendocrine tumors that occur inside or outside the adrenal glands.
There are two adrenal glands, one on top of each kidney in the back of the upper abdomen. Each adrenal gland has two parts: the center (medulla) and an outer layer (cortex). The adrenal glands make important hormones that control blood pressure, blood sugar, and help the body respond to stress.
Pheochromocytomas form in nerve tissue inside the adrenal glands and near certain blood vessels and nerves.
Paragangliomas form outside the adrenal glands.
What are pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas?
Pheochromocytoma is a rare form of neuroendocrine tumor that usually develops in the adrenal gland but can also arise in other parts of the body and be called paragangliomas. Pheochromocytomas/paragangliomas produce excess amounts of adrenaline and related hormones, which are the "fight-or-flight" hormones usually released in response to stress. These hormones can cause a person to have elevated blood pressure (hypertension) and an increased heart rate.
Eating foods high in tyramine (such as red wine, chocolate, and cheese).
Having someone in your family with one of these risk factors doesn't mean you will develop this type of cancer, it just increases the likelihood.
11Cancer.NET Editorial Board. Neuroendocrine tumor of the lung: symptoms and signs. 2018. https://www.cancer.net/cancer-types/neuroendocrine-tumor-lung/symptoms-and-signs. Accessed October 23, 2018.


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Movie Review Monday: A.C.O.D.
June 06, 2016 by Dustin Ramsdell in Movie Reviews
Welcome to another edition of Movie Review Monday!
This week's film is the 2013 dark comedic drama, A.C.O.D (Adult Children of Divorce) starring Adam Scott, Jane Lynch, and Amy Poehler among others in a solid ensemble cast.
Two things to start off: this is my first new movie review in a while, so thank you for your patience, and I did not like this movie. I had high hopes with the unique premise and awesome cast (including two of my favorites, Scott and Poehler from Parks and Rec) but it ultimately did not pan out.
The great cast wasn't given too much to do to and the plot was middling and frustrating. Sometimes when movies showcase realistic, selfish characters, it is refreshing and insightful. This movie did not accomplish that. It was just frustrating. It also didn't focus enough for me. It had a lot it wanted to do and balance, but it ended up fumbling for me. I watched this with my partner, and she wasn't a fan either. We wanted more resolution and more to grab onto in terms of the plot and any takeaways. I get that it didn't resolve anything just like life doesn't. Life just keeps on going. But I have seen other movies do a far better job handling a lack of firm resolution.
If you're looking for an uproariously funny comedy or a heartfelt drama, look elsewhere. This movie doesn't give much but a few good moments in what ultimately feels like a meandering hour and a half.
I'll have something better for you next week!
June 06, 2016 /Dustin Ramsdell
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Greenalia contract Elecnor to build five wind projects in Spain
Aker Horizons acquires Mainstream Renewable Power for $818m
Masdar and Taaleri SolarWind II Fund acquire stakes in Polish wind farms
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YIT sells wind power project rights to Ålandsbanken in Finland
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Finnish construction firm YIT has announced the sale of project rights of its Murtomäki wind farm to Ålandsbanken Wind Power Fund.
Murtomäki wind farm project features 15 wind power plants. Credit: Nathan Gonthier on Unsplash.
Located in the town of Pyhäjärvi in Northern Ostrobothnia, the Murtomäki wind farm project features 15 wind power plants, which have an energy generation capacity of nearly 90MW.
YIT said that the project has been sold with all required permits.
Additionally, the company has agreed to provide contracting and construction services for Murtomäki wind farm infrastructure to the buyer.
YIT Infrastructure Projects executive vice-president Harri Kailasalo said: "This project strongly supports our climate goals, since the Murtomäki wind farm produces an amount of renewable domestic electricity that is equal to the consumption of approximately 15,000 single-family houses annually.
"During the construction and production period, the project also has a significant positive economic impact on the town of Pyhäjärvi. This project is a continuation of our long-term cooperation with Ålandsbanken."
In addition to Murtomäki wind farm project, YIT is developing other wind power projects with approximately 100 wind turbines.
The company added that the development of wind power projects is an important part of its work towards achieving its long-term climate goals.
Furthermore, YIT aims to halve its carbon emissions in its self-developed projects by 2030 when compared to 2019.
Slated for launch this month, Ålandsbanken Wind Power Fund is a special fund which will focus its investments primarily in Nordic wind farms that have all the permits and are ready to be constructed or already running in accordance with its strategy.
Financial details of the deal have not been disclosed.
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18 Mar 2019 --- Upcycling food waste creates innovative food and beverage products, according to Israel-based Practical Innovation Ltd. The company calls on food and beverage manufacturers to make use of food fractions that are traditionally discarded and has disclosed its system of developing novel products from food waste. As food shortage is increasingly becoming an industry-wide concern, utilizing every single part of raw materials is becoming a viable option towards more sustainable practices. Practical Innovation is supporting companies in making the most of their materials.
The food industry's trash is Practical Innovation's treasure, as the company analyzes waste to develop new food and beverage categories and generate income for manufacturers.
Click to EnlargeAccording to the company, nearly every food manufacturing system is discarding usable food cast-offs, which is costing manufacturers money and resources. "Precious peels and seeds rich in fiber, nutrients and nutraceuticals are abandoned rather than exploited." From canned vegetables to jams, frozen vegetables and baby food to baked goods and wine industries, waste varies depending on the field of focus.
Leizer explains the company's method as a multi-step approach. "If our research yields hidden functionality and other benefits, we will dive into the current food trends, learn the category, study the latest technologies and drive the innovation process to develop new, healthy products that will stand out in a crowded marketplace. Surprisingly, the result can even be a premium product that defines a new strategy for the company and can become its key growth engine.
Evaluate and estimate the annual extent of the waste such as what is currently being done with it, what economic value can be gained from it, and the current cost for not utilizing it.
Create innovative products based on waste and leverage profits.
The company supports that to minimize food waste and make the most out of the food available, every manufacturer has to look out of their own field's confines and examine parallel industries.
"Company heads must think differently, and especially understand that waste can be, at least symbolically, worth its weight in gold. They need only know how to approach waste with a constructive innovation process that is broad enough and correct enough for their success," the company says.
"Armed with insight on global food and beverage trends based on years of experience, Practical Innovation created O.Vine, thus shaping a new near water category that was inspired by the world's two oldest beverages: water and wine. The premium beverage has no sugar or alcohol and set up to market to restaurants in the US," he says.
Food waste has been an industry concern for some time and there are a multitude of ingredients available that manufacturers can use to both extend shelf-life and fulfill consumer expectations for quality, safety and experience. The European Commission (EC) recently released a study investigating the relationship between date marking on food labels and food waste and according to the International Food Additives Council chief, Robert Rankin, ingredients are often the unsung hero.
Speaking to FoodIngredientsFirst, Toine Timmermans, Director of the United Against Food Waste Foundation and Co-Ordinator of EU project Refresh, stressed that a complete rethink of future food systems and supply chains is necessary. Focusing on the notion of a circular rather than the more traditional linear economy will be the only way to make significant strides in countering food waste, he has said.


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Industrialist Maharjan passes away
Leave a Comment / NEWS (बुखँ) / By Suwarn Vajracharya / April 17, 2009 April 17, 2009
"Karma he jivan khah– Work is life" was his motto, Karma Lal Maharjan a well known industrialist of Kathmandu passed away on Friday, the Nepal Samvat 1129 Chaula Ga (10th April) in Kathmandu. He was 73, when he left his wife, three sons and their spouses, four daughters and their spouses, 12 grand children, two brothers, three sisters, many more nephews, nieces and grand children. His son Dr. Keshav Lal Maharjan, a professor at Hiroshima University tells us that "there are 108 of us, the siblings of his parents, still living as an extended family." His last rites were performed by Vajrayana Buddhist Gurujus with the funeral procession led by Newah ritual musical instrumental band and joined by his relatives, guthiyars, friends and community people followed by his family members, was more than one kilometer long.
Late Karma shahu was the founder of several business and industrial entities and has provided jobs to thousands in his life time. He was a very hardworking, pious and loving man, full of compassion and truthfulness. Anyone, who comes in contact with him, would be influenced by his admirable nature. He is known to have worked harder from his childhood from farming to business and industries. In the later part of his life, he had spent days in social services and works of religious merits and contributed in what ever way he could for the cause of society and the people around him. In his honour, Theravada Bhikkhus, Vajrayana gurujus, and Lama priests offered prayers and perform traditional rituals to wish him a suffering less supreme Nirvana or to attain to Shukhavati Bhuvana while many including Namasangiti, Gyanamala Bhajan Khalah volunteered to read hymns and prayers offering condolences for the past seven days.
The Newah extends our deepest condolences to bereaved family of Karma Lal Maharjan including his son Professor Keshav Maharjan, a good friend of Newah community in Japan and advisor to Nepal Federation of Indigenous Community Japan.
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